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Creative Class 2016: Karen Q. Clark

Karen Q. Clark has played a sympathetic nun on film and an exceedingly unsympathetic nun on stage. In between she has been a singing nun (in The Sound of Music). Outside of the habit, she has appeared in New York, many regional theatres, and most (if not all) Little Rock stages. A native of Wisconsin, she came to Little Rock with her husband (and fellow thespian) Jay Clark. During the day, she is Lower School choral and drama teacher at Episcopal Collegiate School.

In addition to being a fixture in the Little Rock theatre scene, she also has numerous credits in many Arkansas-made films. Favorite stage roles include: Mrs. Banks, Mary Poppins (Arkansas Rep); Betty in The It Girl (IRNE nomination, Worcester Foothills); Princess Rhyme in the world premiere of The Phantom Tollbooth and Rachel in Inherit the Wind (Wheelock Family Theatre); Irene in Hello Dolly! (Jekyll Island); Maria in The Sound of Music; and Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre). Another favorite role is being Quin’s mom.